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THE FRENCH LIEUTENANT’s WOMAN

(CHRALES) Good Lord , what on earth is she doing ?

( THE FIANCEE) Oh it’s poor Tragedy !

- Tragedy ?

-The fishermen have a grosser name for her …

-What ?

-They call her the French Lieutenant’s ….woman .

-Do they ?

-I must speak to her : she could fall !

-She wouldn’t thank you : she’s mad !

-It’s dangerous !Will you stay there!

-Charles ! Charles !

-Madam !Madam ! … I am alarmed for your safety !Please come back !

Madam !

PART TWO

(CHARLES) -Tell me who is this … French Lieutenant ?

-He is the man she said to have …

-Fallen in love with ?

-Worse than that ! (=pire que cela)

-Ah…and he abandoned her. Is there any child ?

-I think not ! Oh it’s all gossip !

-What has she been doing here ?

-She’s been waiting for him to return !

-How banal !

PART ONE – CHARLES and his fiancée

Circle the CORRECT ANSWER :

• The man ( Charles) doesn’t want to return.
• The man ( Charles) wants to return because it’s been very windy.
• The man ( Charles) wants to return home because he’s been tired and fed up.

PART TWO – THE WOMAN …

• Her name is Tragedy
• Her name isn’t that of a lady
• Her name is Lady Lady

The fishermen (les pêcheurs) call her :

• The frank woman

• The French Lieutenant’s woman.
• The French woman who left her home

PART THREE

Imagine what she has been doing …

(complete the sentences)

She’s been ….

She’s been ….

PART FOUR

THE STORY of the mysterious woman

CIRCLE the correct statements ( plusieurs réponses justes possibles)

• She has fallen in live with a lieutenant.
• A fews ago she fell in love with a lieutenant .
• She abandoned him.
• He abandoned her.
• She had a child.

COMPLETE THE END OF THE DIALOGUE

(Charles) What …………………she ……………………here ?

(His fiancée) They say she is …………………………. for him to return .

(Charles) How ……………………. !